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Explore Helmstedt in Germany

Helmstedt in the region of Lower Saxony with its 25,515 inhabitants is a town in Germany - some 103 mi or ( 166 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Helmstedt is now 07:11 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Copenhagen, Malmö, Wefensleben, Volpke, and Trendelbusch. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Copenhagen . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Helmstedt ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

DDR border Marienborn 1 of 3

10:02 min by Alan Heath
Views: 9096 Rating: 4.82

www.youtube.com Film made during a visit to the former border point between the DDR and West Germany. Three part film Please also see my website and blogs which contain information about where this wa ..

Gta 4 mit extremen grafikfehlern xD 720p HD

1:07 min by kally470
Views: 5968 Rating: 3.67

DURCHLESEN!!!! Ich weis das das die todesschaukel ist bitte das nicht mehr schreiben ich weis es!!!! danke Mein System Windows Vista Home Premium Prozessor Intel Core 2 CPU T6400 mit 2.00 GHz Arbeitss ..


At the old East-German border Marienborn

1:12 min by Trucker19866
Views: 4341 Rating: 3.20

Me driving past the old East-German border Marienborn on the A2 near marienborn/helmstedt ..

London to Warsaw by car 6

10:22 min by Alan Heath
Views: 3200 Rating: 4.83

A discussion of what can be seen today at the former border between east and west Germany. Many of the installations are still visible. Then continuing east over the Elbe river. Wilkowo, I end up opti ..


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Interesting facts about this location

St. Ludger's Abbey

St. Ludger's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Ludgeri) was a former monastery of the Benedictine Order in Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, founded by Saint Ludger around 800. Until it was secularised in 1802 it was an Imperial Abbey, with sovereignty over the whole town of Helmstedt until the 15th century.

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Located at 52.23 11.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 1802 disestablishments, Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Monasteries in Lower Saxony

Türkentor (Helmstedt)

The Türkentor (Turks' Gate) is a triumphal arch and gateway in Helmstedt in Lower Saxony in Germany. The main entrance to the former St. Ludger's Abbey and a gateway to the Domänenhof, the arch was built in 1716 to celebrate the victory over the Ottomans by Prince Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Petrovaradin earlier that year, in which Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg had also been instrumental.

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Located at 52.22 11.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 1710s architecture, Buildings and structures in Lower Saxony, Gates in Germany, Triumphal arches in Germany

Lappwald

The Lappwald is a heavily wooded range of hills, 20 km long and up to 5 km wide, in central Germany. It stretches northwards from the town of Helmstedt. The border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt runs through the woods, of which about three quarters is on Lower Saxon terrain. The Lappwald is part of the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park.

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Located at 52.26 11.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony, Hills of Lower Saxony

Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing

The Border checkpoint Helmstedt–Marienborn, named Grenzübergangsstelle Marienborn (GÜSt) (border crossing Marienborn) by the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was the largest and most important border crossing on the Inner German border during the division of Germany. Due to its geographical location, allowing for the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin, most transit traffic to and from West Berlin used the Helmstedt-Marienborn crossing.

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Located at 52.22 11.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 20th century in Germany, Checkpoints, Inner German border, Transport in Germany

Mariental Abbey

Mariental Abbey in the present Mariental in Lower Saxony, Germany, is a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1138, along with Marienberg Abbey in Helmstedt, by Pfalzgraf Friedrich II von Sommerschenburg. It was a daughter house of Altenberg Abbey of the filiation of Morimond. The initial complement consisted of twelve monks from Altenberg under an abbot (Bodo) from Amelungsborn Abbey.

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Located at 52.28 10.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1133 establishments, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Cistercian monasteries in Germany, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism, Lutheran churches in Germany, Monasteries in Lower Saxony

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